A total of 719 NEET-qualified candidates were on Thursday given orders of MBBS and BDS seat allotment under the 7.5% preferential quota for government school students. As many as 1,398 candidates were called for counselling during the day.
The Directorate of Medical Education commenced counselling for the academic year 2023-24 with seat allocation for the special reservation categories. All the 622 seats , including 486 in MBBS and 132 in BDS, were filled. Health Minister Ma. Subramanian distributed the allotment orders at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital at Guindy, Chennai.
Many candidates who participated in the counselling were NEET repeaters. Kruthiga C.K., with a score of 569, admitted that she had ignored Class XI subjects and ended up having to repeat NEET.